Julia Perkins Julia Perkins is the founder and chief strategist of MBMD Strategic Consultants LLC. Julia previously served as community programs director at The Art Institute of Chicago. Julia received her B.A. in Marketing Research from DePaul University and M.A. in Arts Administration from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Perkins is the coauthor of ""Mapping Cultural Participation in Chicago,"" University of Chicago Cultural Policy Center. Michael Flug Michael Flug, the senior archivist with the Chicago Public Library's Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection who retired in 2010 after 21 years of service, helped build a vast collection of African-American history and literature. David Lusenhop Lusenhop founded Lusenhop Fine Art in 1989 after leaving the Richmond Art Museum (Indiana) where he served as Assistant Director. Following thirteen years in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lusenhop relocated to Chicago where he directed Robert Henry Adams Fine Art from 2002 through 2006. From 2007 through 2010, he ran a public gallery space in downtown Chicago.David Lusenhop has served as curator, co-curator, or consultant for museum and public art center exhibitions.